This is something that has annoyed Windows 8 users ever since the operating system was released – booting to the Start screen rather than the desktop. Here are five of the best tips that will help you to iron out niggles, eliminate bottlenecks and generally improve the startup process of Windows 8.1.
Getting off on the wrong foot with a slow or irritating startup is going to taint your computing time. "As you can imagine, satisfying all of these goals was challenging and in many situations, a balancing act.There are lots of things to love and hate about Windows, but if you’re going to have the best possible experience, it’s important that things get off to a good start. "The experience of booting a PC should be approachable to mainstream consumers while maintaining the power of Windows for more advanced users who want to configure settings in the pre-OS environment," Chafins acknowledged. Overall, trying to please both beginners and advanced users proved a challenging task when tweaking the boot process. But again, these menus will take on a new aesthetic so that they fit in with the look and feel of the new OS. Chafins assured users that those additional boot options in Windows 8 "can be reached easily, are simple to navigate, and look and feel harmonious."Īnd just as with prior versions, Windows 8 will be able to display a boot menu so that people can boot into different operating systems or from different devices. In effect, we are bridging two experiences (firmware + operating system) to deliver one experience."īut Microsoft hasn't forgotten about those of us who sometimes need to see more advanced boot options to troubleshoot a problem.
"Firmware renders the logo during POST, the logo persists on screen when Windows boot takes over, and remains through OS boot. "By leveraging the capabilities of UEFI and working together with the ecosystem, our goal is for the PC to power up to the manufacturer's logo and stay on that screen all the way from POST to Windows logon UI," Chafins wrote. Instead of having to sit through these old-fashioned DOS-style displays, Windows 8 users will simply see a graphical interface throughout the entire process. Windows 8 is also hitting the market just as the traditional and slower BIOS is starting to give way to the newer and faster UEFI ( Unified Extensible Firmware Interface), an attempt to modernize the way the PC talks to and passes control to the operating system.įurther Microsoft has tried to hide the never-ending boot screens that we see when our PCs power up. Windows 8: Microsoft's Swiss Army knife vision Windows 8 rules at Microsoft Build (roundup) Microsoft promises faster startup for Windows 8 Getting a Windows PC to boot in under 10 seconds
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